The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose

by Kirsten Wolf

Saints' legends form a substantial portion of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and can be found in more than four hundred manuscripts or fragments of manuscripts dating from shortly before the twelfth century to the 1700s.
With The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose, Kirsten Wolf has undertaken a complete revision of the fifty-year-old handlist The Lives of the Saints in Old Norse Prose. This updated handlist organizes saints'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442646217
• ISBN13: 9781442646216
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher